Just Let It Go
"But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins." ~Matthew 7:1-2 This is a challenging verse. This is a challenging concept. Forgiveness. I'd say about half the challenges I help people deal with as a pastor has to do with forgiveness. When people do us the wrong way, it's not easy to let it go. But that's what we're called on to do. And the consequences for not learning to let the sins of others go, is that our sins will not be forgiven. That is a very steep penalty for holding onto those hurts, isn't it? That doesn't even take into account the personal cost to us--that emotional cost of carry those hurts with us rather than give them up. But it's not easy to let go of those hurts for a few reasons. We all make mistakes. One of the most difficult things for us to do sometimes, is to admit when we've made a mistake. If we could simply admit it when we're wrong, so many of the conflicts...